December 3, 2014
The BBC's Sean Coughlan writes about CEU's history, its mission to promote and support open societies and democracy, and how the latter are being scrutinized and challenged throughout the world. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30271801
November 25, 2014
The constant flow of information and so-called news in our high-tech society today is changing the face of policymaking, and not for the better, according to Maximilian Teleki, president of the Hungarian American Coalition in Washington, D.C., who spoke at CEU Nov. 21.
November 24, 2014
CEU President and Rector John Shattuck gave a speech titled "How Hot the New Cold War? Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe" at the Yale Club in New York City on Oct. 31.
November 18, 2014
Video of Lee Bollinger on Universities and Global Societies
November 13, 2014
Universities have been organized and run in essentially the same way since the end of World War II, despite an onslaught of new technology, new teaching methods, and increased human mobility. President of Columbia University Lee Bollinger discussed how universities might best evolve in his lecture "Universities and Global Societies" on Nov. 7 at CEU.
November 11, 2014
The conscious development of a learning society, essential for shared prosperity, can only be achieved in a liberal democracy, according to Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, who spoke at CEU on Nov. 10 as part of CEU’s Frontiers of Democracy initiative.
November 7, 2014
CEU President and Rector John Shattuck is featured in this Atlantic article, talking about CEU, the Frontiers of Democracy initiative, and the future of graduate education.
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/11/is-a-global-system-the-future-of-graduate-education/382396/?single_page=true
October 22, 2014
CEU President and Rector John Shattuck spoke at the 18th Forum 2000 conference entitled "Democracy and Its Discontents: A Quarter-Century After the Iron Curtain and Tiananmen" October 12-15 in Prague and other cities.
See below for a video of Shattuck's and panelists' remarks at a panel entitled The Significance of Vaclav Havel's Value-based Foreign Policy.
October 20, 2014
Following is the text of an address “Mongolian Transition to Democracy and Lessons” by The Hon. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia, at CEU on October 18, 2014 as part of the Frontiers of Democracy initiative. For the Hungarian translation, see attachment at the bottom of the page.
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
October 6, 2014
CEU mourns the loss of Professor Jacek Kochanowicz, who passed away October 2. Kochanowicz was a visiting professor at CEU for 14 years, holding a parallel professorship at Warsaw University, his alma mater.
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